Description
The Managing Director is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and strategic direction of the Security Fencing & Highways business. The role holds full P&L accountability and is focused on delivering profitable, sustainable growth across highways, infrastructure, utilities, rail, defence, and secure environments.
Operating within the Network Plus Group as a material subsidiary, the MD will drive operational excellence, strong cash generation, disciplined risk management, and value creation, while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance.
As part of the Network Plus Group, Littlewood Group is the UK’s leading fence installation contractor, with offices in East Sussex, the Midlands and Wales. We are trusted partners of major contractors, including HS2, National Highways and the MOD. Our expertise covers the design, supply and installation of fencing, security systems, vehicle restraints, noise barriers, gates.
Network Plus is an award-winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK’s major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Value Creation: Develop and execute growth strategy aligned to the Group’s investment thesis; identify opportunities across highways frameworks, secure infrastructure, utilities, rail and defence; drive margin enhancement; lead acquisitions and integrations; provide robust board reporting.
Financial & Commercial Leadership: Full P&L responsibility; ownership of budgets and forecasts; commercial governance across bidding, pricing, contract negotiation, risk, CVRs, claims and cash management.
Operational Delivery: Oversight of safe and efficient delivery of highways, security fencing and hostile vehicle mitigation works; consistency of standards, productivity and quality across multi-site operations; supply-chain optimisation.
Health, Safety, Quality & Compliance: Visible leadership of safety, wellbeing and environmental performance; compliance with statutory, contractual and regulatory requirements; maintenance of sector accreditations and assurance standards.
People, Leadership & Culture: Build and lead a high-performing leadership team; embed a culture of accountability and performance; succession planning, talent development and engagement.
Client & Stakeholder Management: Senior ownership of key highways authorities, utilities and secure-sector client relationships; framework sponsorship; external representation.
Experience and Qualifications
Skills & Experience
* Proven senior leadership experience within the construction industry, contracting, security fencing, highways, infrastructure or utilities an advantage.
* Strong P&L ownership and commercial acumen within framework-based delivery models.
* Track record of operational improvement in regulated, safety-critical environments.
* Private-equity or group-subsidiary experience highly desirable.
Qualifications
* Degree in Construction, Engineering or Business (desirable).
* Chartered status (CIOB, ICE, RICS) advantageous.
* NEBOSH or equivalent health & safety qualification desirable.
Salary and Benefits
Littlewood is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.
We will offer a competitive executive salary / benefits package along with an annual performance related bonus.
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Network Plus is an award-winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK’s major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater.
We value the variety of experience, perspective, and other points of difference our workforce, clients, and supply chain offer.
We are actively working with colleagues across the Network Plus Group to develop an inclusive environment – we want all our employees to feel valued and included to enable everyone to thrive at work and understand the value of their contribution matters no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.